Patents by Inventor Stefan G. Derdak

Stefan G. Derdak has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MAINTAINING CONTRACTS IN BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20080319809
    Abstract: A system and method for establishing and maintaining a contract between a business process model and a monitoring module corresponding to a portion of the business process model is disclosed. In the modeling task, a contract is established and associated with an event in the business process flow. The contract specifies a relationship between the event within the business process model and a monitoring module that is configured to monitor the event. Therefore, if changes are made to the event or process, a user will be warned that the changes may affect an existing monitoring module that exists to monitor this process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael W. Brown, Eric N. Herness, Kevin S. Barker, Stefan G. Derdak